Cross-script transfer of word reading fluency in a mixed writing system : Evidence from a longitudinal study in Japanese
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Inoue, Tomohiro, Georgiou, George K., Imanaka, Hirofumi, Oshiro, Takako, Kitamura, Hiroyuki, Maekawa, Hisao and Parrila, Rauno. (2019). Cross-script transfer of word reading fluency in a mixed writing system : Evidence from a longitudinal study in Japanese. Applied Psycholinguistics. 40(2), pp. 235-251. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0142716418000541
Authors | Inoue, Tomohiro, Georgiou, George K., Imanaka, Hirofumi, Oshiro, Takako, Kitamura, Hiroyuki, Maekawa, Hisao and Parrila, Rauno |
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Abstract | We examined the cross-lagged relations between word reading fluency in the two orthographic systems of Japanese: phonetic (syllabic) Hiragana and morphographic Kanji. One hundred forty-two Japanese-speaking children were assessed on word reading fluency twice in Grade 1 (Times 1 and 2) and twice in Grade 2 (Times 3 and 4). Nonverbal IQ, vocabulary, phonological awareness, morphological awareness, and rapid automatized naming were also assessed in Time 1. Results of path analysis revealed that Time 1 Hiragana fluency predicted Time 2 Kanji fluency after controlling for the cognitive skills. Time 2 Hiragana fluency did not predict Time 3 Kanji fluency or vice versa after the autoregressor was controlled, but Hiragana and Kanji fluency were reciprocally related between Times 3 and 4. These findings provide evidence for a cross-script transfer of word reading fluency across the two contrastive orthographic systems, and the first evidence of fluency in a morphographic script predicting fluency development in a phonetic script within the same language. |
Keywords | cross-script transfer; Japanese; word reading fluency; writing systems |
Year | 2019 |
Journal | Applied Psycholinguistics |
Journal citation | 40 (2), pp. 235-251 |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
ISSN | 0142-7164 |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1017/S0142716418000541 |
Scopus EID | 2-s2.0-85056469167 |
Page range | 235-251 |
Funder | Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) |
Publisher's version | License All rights reserved File Access Level Controlled |
Output status | Published |
Publication dates | |
Online | Mar 2019 |
Publication process dates | |
Accepted | 22 Aug 2018 |
Deposited | 26 Jul 2023 |
Grant ID | 26780523 |
18K13223 |
https://acuresearchbank.acu.edu.au/item/8z636/cross-script-transfer-of-word-reading-fluency-in-a-mixed-writing-system-evidence-from-a-longitudinal-study-in-japanese
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